But he had some disagreements with others in the Pentagon over Afghanistan policy. That may have cost him some support.. Much of the defense budget is consumed by pay and health care for uniformed personnel, who have been abused enough by repeated deployments. Strategic presence in the Western Pacific.

Recipients of socialized health care, living under socialist governments, complain of heavy taxation and too much regulation. But the amounts taken out of our paychecks, not just taxes but everything else as well, are very similar to taxes taken out of paychecks in socialist countries.